It’s that time of the year! Are you ready for a new edition of our HUGE yearly Holiday giveaway? Check out the many FREE PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR2, and Nintendo Switch games YOU could win!

“Sounds interesting so far! But Ceidz, what are the games I could win?”

Once the contest ends on January 12, 2024, we’ll randomly pick 10 winners, from all the entries. Winners will get to select their free games from the list below based on the place they win. Like last year, we’re going all out and have a lot of great retail and indie games on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch games for you to win! On top of this, the first and second place winners will also receive a PSN or a Nintendo eShop gift card!

– 1st place winner: $50 US PSN Gift Card OR Nintendo US eShop Gift Card (Digital Code) + FOURTEEN (14) games from the list below*
– 2nd place winner: $20 US PSN Gift Card OR Nintendo US eShop Gift Card (Digital Code) + FOURTEEN (14) games from the list below*
– 3rd place winner: FOURTEEN (14) games from the list below
– 4th and 5th place winners: TWELVE (12) games each from the list below
– 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th place winners: TEN (10) games each from the list below

Free games that can be won
(Take note that this list might change or evolve over the course of the giveaway!).

RETAIL GAMES

– Winter’s Wish: Spirits of Edo (Nintendo Switch – NA), an Otome visual novel that places you in the role of a girl born with a special power, from Aksys Games.

– Ray’Z Arcade Chronology (PlayStation 4 – NA), a collection that brings us a trio of classic TAITO shoot ’em ups, from ININ Games and TAITO.

– Ed-0: Zombie Uprising (PlayStation 5 – NA), a roguelike action game in which traditional Japanese characters clash must take on hordes of deadly zombies, from D3PUBLISHER and LANCARSE.

– Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm (PlayStation 5- NA or EU), an excellent 3D adventure that pays homage to The Legend of Zelda series, from Cornfox & Bros and FDG Entertainment.

– Spooky Spirit Shooting Gallery (Nintendo Switch- NA), an arcade-style experience reminiscent of Japanese Festival games, from Aksys Games.

– Norn9: Last Era (Nintendo Switch – NA), a Fan Disc type of experience that expands on the Norn9 lore, from Idea Factory International and Aksys Games.

– Gloomhaven (PlayStation 5 – NA), the digital adaptation of the beloved board game RPG from Twin Sails Interactive, Flaming Fowl Studios, and Saber Interactive.

– Samba de Amigo: Party Central (Nintendo Switch – NA), a fun maraca-shaking rhythm game sequel from SEGA.

– Daymare: 1994 – Sandcastle (PlayStation 5- NA), a third-person survival horror prequel experience that pays homage to the Resident Evil series, from Leonardo Interactive and Invader Studio.

– Jack Jeanne (Nintendo Switch – NA), an interesting visual novel/rhythm game mix, from Aksys Games.

– Touhou: New World (PlayStation 5 – NA), an action RPG bullet hell that trip you back to Gensokyo to save the day, from XSEED Games.

– Firefighting Sim – The Squad (Nintendo – NA), a sim experience that places you in a very dangerous job, from Astragon Entertainment and Chronos Unterhaltungssoftware.

– Radiant Tale (Nintendo Switch – NA), a tale of love and wonder in an Otome visual novel wrapping, from Aksys Games.

– Avatar The Last Airbender: Quest for Balance (PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy – NA), a greatest-hits type adventure in the world of Avatar, from GameMill Entertaiment and Bamtang.

– PAW Patrol World (PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy – NA), a 3D open world action adventure featuring your favorite pups, from Outright Games and 3D Clouds.

– Harvest Moon: The Winds of Anthos (PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy – NA), a great farm/friendship simulation game that will keep you busy with its impressive amount of content, from Natsume and Appci.

– Pups and Purrs: Pet Shop (Nintendo Switch – NA), a chill and cozy management sim in which you’ll nurture and care for many animal friends, from Aksys Games.

– NASCAR Arcade Rush (PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy – NA), a fast-paced arcade-style take on NASCAR, from GameMill Entertainment.

– Vampire the Masquerade – Justice (PlayStation VR2- NA), a new VR experience that will allow you to become a vampire in a narrative adventure RPG, from Fast Travel Games and Paradox Interactive.

– Ghostrunner 2 (PlayStation 5 – NA), the fast-paced first-person ninja action sequel with one-hit kills, from 505 Games and One More Level.

– Inescapable: No Rules, No Rescue (Nintendo Switch – NA), a social thriller in which 11 people are kindapped, sent to an island resort, and must survive in a place where there are no rules in a reality TV show, from Aksys Games and Dreamloop Games.

– Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 (PlayStation 5 – NA), the brawler sequel that brings us new characters and game modes, from GameMill Entertainment.

– Just Dance 2024 (PlayStation 5 – NA), the latest entry in the long-running series and a fun rhythm game with a great song variety, from Ubisoft.

– Jumanji: Wild Adventures (PlayStation 5 or Nintendo Switch – NA), from Outright Games, Cradle Games, and Columbia Pictures.

– Mon-Yu: Defeat Monsters And Gain Strong Weapons And Armor. You May Be Defeated (Nintendo Switch – NA), a fun chibified dungeon crawler that tasks you with defeating the evil Seven Devil Kings, from Aksys Games and EXPERIENCE.

– DreamWorks Trolls Remix Rescue (Nintendo Switch – NA), a new 3D adventure to coincide with the latest film in the series, Trolls Band Together, from GameMill Entertainment and Universal Games and Digital Platforms

– New!

* The first and second-place winners can select up to three games from this section. The rest of the games can be selected from the list after the hashtag break below.

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INDIE GAMES

– I’ll kill Her (PlayStation 5 – NA), an interactive graphic novel about a photographer determined to make it no matter the consequences, from DillyFrame Games.

– Nocturnal (Nintendo Switch – NA), a gorgeous 2D action platformer in which you must bring light to a world engulfed by darkness, from Sunnyside Games and Dear Villagers.

– Varney Lake (PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy or Nintendo Switch – NA), a new old-school pulp-inspired pixel visual novel set in the summer of 1954 when a group of kids finds a vampire, from LCB Game Studio and Chorus Worldwide.

– Crime O’Cloc (Nintendo Switch – NA), a fun, explorative puzzle point and click adventure in which you travel through time to solve criminal cases, from Bad Seed and Just For Games.

– Cubicban (PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 – NA), a minimalist Sokoban-style puzzle game from DillyFrame Games.

– Russian Subway Dogs (PlayStation 4 – NA), a fun arcade-style game about dogs scavaging for food in the Russian subways, from Spooky Squid Games.

– Gimmick! Special Edition (Nintendo Switch – NA), a 2D classic NES platforming gem now getting a second chance to shine, from Bitwave Games and City Connection.

– OXENFREE II: Lost Signals (PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy – NA), a solid narrative-driven trippy adventure through the small coastal town of Camena, from Night School Studio and Netflix.

– The Diabolical Trilogy (PS4/PS5 – NA or EU ), a collection that brings us Xenon Valkyrie, Riddled Corpses EX, and Demon’s Tier+ in a single package, from CowCat Games and Diabolical Mind.

– MetaDude (PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 – NA), an interactive graphic novel in which the lines between the virtual world and the real world are becoming more and more blurred, from DillyFrame Games.

– REMEDIUM: Sentinels (PlayStation 4 – NA), a roguelite endless auto-shooter set in the same world as REMEDIUM, from Sobaka Studio and ESDigital Games.

– Sephonie (PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy – EU), a narrative-driven 3D retro-style puzzle platformer, from Analgesic Productions and Ratalaika Games.

– Astro Flame: Starfighter (PlayStation 5 – NA), a classic-style shoot ’em up with 3D graphics, from Sometimes You.

– Cubic Lines (PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 – NA), a neon-infused minimalist puzzle game in which you must connect all paths, from DillyFrame Games.

– Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure (PS5 – NA or EU), a great point and click adventure with dirty cookies and toilet humor, from CowCat Games.

– Side Decide (Nintendo Switch – NA or EU), a colorful and chill puzzle game in which you control a wooden cube as you take it from point A to point B, from Blue Volcano.

– Death Becomes You (PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy – NA), a visual novel in which you must find your mentor’s murderer… with you being a suspect, from Ratalaika Games and Quill Studios.

– RE: Call (Nintendo Switch – NA), a mind-bending adventure where changing your memories changes the present, from Whitethorn Games and Matías Schmied.

– Cubic Parking (PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 – NA), a minimalist sliding puzzle game about parking cars, from DillyFrame Games.

– Virgo vs the Zodiac (Nintendo Switch – NA), a sci-fi/fantasy JRPG in which you set out on a quest to bring back peace, symmetry, and balance, from Serenity Forge and Moonana.

– Thunder Ray (Nintendo Switch – EU), a fast-paced arcade-style punching game that pays homage to the beloved Punch-Out!! series, from Purple Tree.

– Ashina: The Red Witch (PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy – NA), a dark fantasy adventure in which you must do whatever it takes to save your family’s legacy from Ratalaika Games and Stranga.

– BROK the InvestiGator (PS4/PS5 – NA or EU), an interesting experience that mixes up a point and click adventure game with a beat ‘em up, from CowCat Games.

– Osyaberi! Horijyo! Gehihori (Nintendo Switch – NA), a hectic sidescrolling bullet hell shoot ’em up with a very colorful presentation from First Press Games and CLOUDS.

– Robby’s Adventure (PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 – NA), a 2D physics-based platformer in which you must help the titular robot overcome different obstacles from DillyFrame Games.

– Bright Side: Riddles and Puzzles (Nintendo Switch or PlayStation 4 – NA), a quirky experience with unusual tales and problems to solve from QubicGames.

– Warstride Challenges (PS5- NA), a fast-paced FPS in which you’ll race against the clock to vanquish all demons, from Dream Powered Games and Focus Entertainment.

– Sentry City (Nintendo Switch – NA o EU), a retro-styled 2D action game set in a cyberpunk world where A.I. has gone rogue from Flynn’s Arcade and Crashable Studios.

– Mermaid Castle 2 (Nintendo Switch – NA), a colorful all-ages 2D underwater adventure, from IceTorch Interactive.

– Blind Postman (PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 – NA), a neon-infused puzzle game with a character that won’t stop moving until it hits a wall, from DillyFrame Games.

– How 2 Escape (Nintendo Switch or PlayStation 5 – NA), a co-op experience in which you’ll have to work together to solve a series of puzzles before tragedy strikes, from Breakfirst and Just For Games.

– Russian Pinocchio (PlayStation 4 – NA or EU), which brings Ekaterina Volzhina’s Golden Key graphic novel, based on Alexei Tolstoy’s adaptation of the classic tale, from SnagBox Studio.

– Broken Pipe (PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 – NA), a puzzle game in which you control a robot that must fix the tanks that manage all of the gates and bridges from DillyFrame Games.

– Super Adventure Hand (Nintendo Switch – NA), a quirky physics-based puzzle platformer in which you take control of a hand, from DevM Games.

– Treachery in Beatdown City: Ultra Remix (Nintendo Switch – NA), the huge 2.0 update we’ve all been waiting for with a new story episode, new characters, new music, new moves, and more, from NuChallenger and HurakanWorks.

– Chemically Bonded (PS4/PS5 – NA), in which you’ll be taking on the role of a Japanese student who’s getting a chance at a new life, from Ratalaika Games and ds-sans.

– Cube Decider (PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5 – NA), a logic-based 3D puzzle experience with RPG elements, from DillyFrame Games.

– Colored Effects (Nintendo Switch – NA), a colorful and fun 2D puzzle platformer in which different colors will give you new abilities, from Flynn’s Arcade and TACSOU.

– The Forest Cathedral (PlayStation 5 – NA), a dramatic reimagining of the events surrounding real-life scientist Rachel Carson’s investigation of the harmful pesticide known as DDT, from Whitethorn Games.

– Low Story (PlayStation 5 – NA), a 2.5D adventure with action, puzzles, and platforming, from Dolores Entertainment.

– Tales of Mathasia (Nintendo Switch – NA), a new educational game that combines fun, adventure and learning the basics of math, from Ultimate Games.

– Hero Survival (PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy – NA), a fast-paced arena-style auto-shooter, from Sometimes You and PigeonDev.

– Fur Squadron (PlayStation 5 – NA), an on-rails space arcade shooter with a minimalist polygonal look that pays homage to the Star Fox series, from Dolores Entertainment.

– Air Twister (PlayStation 5 – NA), a fantasy shooter adventure influenced by games such as Space Harrier, Star Fox, and Panzer Dragoon, from ININ Games and YSNET.

– Vlad Circus: Descend into Madness (Nintendo Switch – NA), a dark psychological horror adventure game about a circus that burned to the ground and the performers that suffer the consequences, from Indiesruption and Blowfish Studios.

– Beholgar (PlayStation 5 – NA), an old-school style 2D mythical Metroidvania, from Dolores Entertainment and Serkan Bakar.

– Lake + Season’s Greetings DLC (PS5 – NA), a game in which you work on mail delivery in place of your dad… and the DLC that goes back in time to allow you to play as your dad during the holiday season, from Whitethorn Games and Gamious